LES KERR TO PERFORM AT POTLUCK WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 1 & 2 Center Closed for floor maintenance
LES KERR IS A SONGWRITER, recording artist and performer. He brings blues, rock, bluegrass, Zydeco and New Orleans music together to
8 Daytrip Bluebird Café 9 Aging Mastery Program begins 11 Lunch & Program Interfaith Dental Clinic
17 Birthday Potluck: Music with Les Kerr 19 Daytrip Stony Creek Farms 24 Red Hat Trip 25 Lunch & Program Parkinson’s Disease Cindy Kelly 29 Center Closed
Les Kerr
create what he calls “Hillbilly Blues Caribbean Rock & Roll.” And he’s going to perform for us at Potluck! Les has lived in Nashville since 1987, though he was born in Louisiana and raised in Mississippi. He has recorded ten albums and performed at many blues festivals. Join us Wed., May 17 for what is sure to be a lively performance. We’ll have lunch at 11:30, and Les will begin about noon. provides the main course. Please bring a side dish.
WED., MAY 24: RED HAT SOCIETY VISITS DAIRY AG CENTER IN LEWISBURG
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he Red Had Society has planned a wonderful opportunity for learning this month with a tour of the Dairy AgResearch and Education Center in Lewisburg. The center was established in 1929 and is the site of a wide variety of research studies on the use of forage in dairy cattle husbandry. Their studies focus on improving forage, dairy production and management techniques.
Indeed, the center manages one of the largest and highest milkproducing Jersey herds in the world that functions as a research herd. After touring the center, the Red Hats will enjoy lunch somewhere in Lewisburg. The van will leave the center at 9:30. Van fee is: $7.
Our center has received another grant from the Community Foundation to offer the Aging Mastery Program (AMP) free to our members. Not only is this a great opportunity for you, but your participation
helps us to fulfill the commitment of this generous grant. You can read more information about the AMP program in this newsletter. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Sarah
FRIDAY, MAY 19: BRUNCH & LEARN AT STONEY CREEK FARM
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eigh and Olin Funderburk are on a path to sustainable living. “Over the past 11 years,” Leigh says, “Olin and I have changed our lives a little at a time by pairing down our ‘stuff’ and being content with less. We have found that this practice has created an incredible amount of joy and reduced a massive amount of stress in our lives.” The Funderburks own and operate Stoney Creek Farm in Franklin. In addition to the produce from the crops they grow, Leigh and Olin offer garden plot rental, a farm store shop, and classes and events to share information, innovation and inspiration for a healthy, sustainable lifestyle.
Leigh has offered to prepare brunch for us on Friday, May 19. She will also show us around the place and discuss what “sustainable living” is all about. Leigh says we’ll love the view from their sixty -foot porches! The brunch and program will cost $20. The van will leave the Center at 9:30. Van fee is: $3.
by Susan Sizemore, FiftyForward Communications Director
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING (NCOA) created the Aging Mastery Program® (AMP) to help senior adults build their own playbook for aging well. AMP is a fun, innovative and person-centered education program that encourages aging mastery — developing sustainable behaviors that lead to improved health, stronger economic security, enhanced wellbeing, and increased societal participation. This is an evidence-based program, where participants have shown measurable improvements in these areas of their lives. 98% of participants say the class helped them improve the quality of their life, 98% of participants rate the quality of the program as excellent or good, and 99% of participants say the program was fun.
Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation, FiftyForward is offering this $60 program FREE to members at all seven of its centers. We’ll hear from professionals in ten areas — from Financial Fitness and Advanced Planning to Healthy Eating and Hydration. There is an incentive program for attendance and a graduation ceremony scheduled at Donelson Station on June 30. Plus, we’ll have some yummy snacks on hand for class time! Here in College Grove, AMP classes will be held on Tuesday mornings at 10, for seven weeks beginning Tues., May 9. Most classes will finish in less than an hour. Three will last about 90 minutes. Invite others to share in the Aging Mastery experience as well. Non-members may participate for $60. Sign up now!
THURSDAY, MAY 11 INTERFAITH DENTAL CLINIC Interfaith Dental Clinic was created by the Nashville Dental Society to provide affordable, compassionate and comprehensive dental services for uninsured, working, low income people and their families, and the elderly. The clinic operates in Davidson and Rutherford counties, and their bordering counties, including Williamson. Learn all about Interfaith Dental Clinic, and the qualifications to receive their services, on Thurs., May 11. Please make lunch reservations by Tuesday, May 9.
Cindy Kelly was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease eleven years ago, just two weeks after her 50th birthday. She had many different symptoms, and the disease had been difficult to diagnose. Not everyone who lives with Parkinson’s is a candidate for a procedure called Deep Brain Stimulation, but Cindy was, and she underwent this surgery in the fall of 2014. Her tremors stopped. Come to the Center on May 25, and learn about Cindy’s experience with this mysterious disease. Please make lunch reservations by Tuesday, May 23.
At long last, we return to the Bluebird Café’s senior show for a morning of coffee, donuts — and music from a local songwriter. We never know who will take the stage, but they’re always good! After the Bluebird, but before lunch, we’ll bum around Charming Charlie or some other good store. The van leaves the Center at 8:30. Sharp! Van fee is $7.
If you need some additional physical activity, please join us for Chair class and Walk With Ease! We meet on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:30 in the back room with the mirrors. In Chair class — led by the Arthritis Foundation’s Take Control with Exercise DVD — we gently stretch nearly every muscle. After stretching, we really get moving with a fun walking video. Everyone participates at their own pace. Chair class is ongoing. Walk With Ease runs through at least May 12. Both classes are free.
AEROBICS Mondays & Wednesdays: 9 a.m. Fridays: 8:30 a.m. YOGA Monday & Wednesday: 9:45 a.m. Friday: 9:15 a.m. Instructors: Nancy Stevens and Melissa Bennett Members: $5 per class Non-members: $10 per class CHAIR CLASS Monday & Wednesday: 10:30 a.m. WALK WITH EASE (officially through May 12) Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 11 a.m.
MASSAGE Licensed Massage Therapist serving seniors with a gentle touch. Kathy McFarlane Wednesdays by appointment Members: $45 Non-members: $60 LINE DANCING Beginners & experienced line dancers learn the latest line dances while getting a great cardio workout. Fridays: 10:15 to 11:45 Dance Instructor: Cathy Smotherman
QUILLING CLASS First & third Wednesdays: May 3 & 17 10 am Instructor: Dot Carter QUILTING BEE First & third Wednesdays: May 3 & 17 1 to 3 pm Thursday mornings: 9 to 10 am
WRITING, ETC. A safe place to share your writing, whether poetry or prose, fact or fiction. Gentle critique is given, if requested. First and third Thursdays: May 4 & 18 1 to 3 pm Members: no fee Non-members: $5 per class
May selection: Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Third Tuesdays:
May 16 9 am
CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP Fourth Friday ♦ May 26 8:30 am Facilitator: Sylvia Couch
BIBLE CLASS
BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS Fourth Tuesday May 23 at 11:00 Nurse: Paula Frost
Area of study to be advised. Second and fourth Tuesdays If held: May 9 & 23 9:30 to 11 Instructor: Frances Greathouse
FUN & GAMES BRIDGE Mondays: 10:30 am to 2:30 pm
Library Associate: Betty Kirkeminde 615.368.3222 Hours: M-W-R-F: 9 to 5 Tuesday: 11 to 7
CANASTA Tuesdays and Thursdays: 10 am to 3 pm
Make it. Sample it. Discuss it.
DOMINOES
Tues., May 9 ♦ 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Theme: Southern Favorites
Fridays at noon Pool, Pedro, Scrabble, Rummikub, Skip-bo and other games daily.
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The library picks the theme, then you choose and make a corresponding recipe to share.
FiftyForward supports, champions and enhances life for those 50 and older.
Phone: 615.368.7093 or 615.368.7278 Fax: 615.368.7935 Hours: Center Director: Program Director/Newsletter Editor: Program Associate: Williamson County FLIP Coordinator: Williamson County Care Manager: FIFTYFORWARD COLLEGE GROVE 8607 Horton Highway P.O. Box 223 College Grove, TN 37046 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
Monday through Friday 8 am to 3 pm Sarah Stephens sstephens@fiftyforward.org Libby C. Beeson Pat Connelly 615.376.4332 Jane Bradley/615.376.4334